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Friday, April 30, 2010

"......so that your SOUL can find what yourSPIRIT SEEKS to BREATHE.....and find your place.....give LIFE to your PASSIONS.......sing your ART SONG.....it's EVERYTHING YOU WERE MEANT TO BE"........joanne sharpe

...It's my peaceful happy place... writing, and bringing thoughts to life with luscious color in my art journals. Be true to what is calling you.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Here's a work in progress... I'm creating a character line for RUBBER STAMPS. I just had the privilege of designing some stamps in the Spring catalog for ART GONE WILD, working with Michelle Cutts "Mrs. Stampers Anonymous". We're exploring some fun new stamping ideas using some more of my whimsical bold designs. Wouldn't these girls be cute with some my sassy sayings?? They'd be perfect for Copics and making cards and scrapping. Love them.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Doodle and draw and girly girl sketch.... Just let the pens spill out the lines and shapes, words and thoughts. Then fill with color.

When i was a kid i was the coloring queen. I love, love, loved to color EVERYDAY!!! Stayed in the lines perfectly, I did. Had to have fresh crayons always. I was a crayon snob, only perfect points for my coloring adventures. That must be why i LOVE COPIC MARKERS now!!! They are the Cadillac of markers, the Caviar of Coloring! I was so obsessed with these pens recently, i drove 6 hours to Long Island for a Certification Class. Which means that now i can teach people (with the company's specifications) how to fill their world with COPICS and COLORING!!!

These are my "girls"....the shapes and lines and patterns that i could fill with buckets of color....no photoshop, no illustrator, just hands on, inky fingers, snapping caps and pure bliss......

Here to share some of the journaling i have been doing since New Year's. I have made a promise to myself to do something creative every day. It's been easier than i thought, and i have several journals filling up with yummy words, thoughts, doodles and color. My design style is taking on a new life, while the feel is still quite WHIMSICAL, i am inspired in many new directions.....Copic markers, Ranger inks, Pan Pastels, Golden paints, glimmer mists, pen and ink and more.....here's where i have been on my creative journey.......when my soul speaks through my art......